Business Planning & Performance Management Manager

Key Responsibilities

1. Budgeting and business planning

• Lead the annual budget and medium-term (3–5 year) business planning cycle, from calendar and templates through to Board approval.
  
• Translate Group strategy and corporate objectives into financial targets, operating assumptions and plant/business-unit budgets.
  
• Review, challenge and validate budget submissions from business units, plants and functions for accuracy, realism and strategic fit.
  
• Consolidate Group budgets, including revenue, cost, capex, headcount, working capital and cash flow, and prepare approval packs for management and the Board.
  
• Develop and maintain driver-based planning models covering volumes, prices, input costs (energy, fuel, raw materials), FX and inflation.
  
• Run scenario and sensitivity analysis on key macroeconomic and operational assumptions.
  

2. Forecasting and performance management

• Own the monthly and quarterly forecasting process, including rolling forecasts and full-year outlook updates.
  
• Monitor financial and operational performance against budget, forecast and prior year.
  
• Analyze variances, identify root causes, and recommend corrective actions with clear owners and timelines.
  
• Design, track and refine KPI frameworks and balanced scorecards at Group, business-unit and plant level.
  
• Facilitate monthly business performance reviews with executives and business-unit leaders.
  

3. Cash flow, liquidity and financial optimization

• Drive short- and medium-term cash flow forecasting in partnership with Treasury.
  
• Support liquidity planning, funding requirements and working capital optimization (receivables, payables, inventory).
  
• Lead cost optimization and margin improvement initiatives, quantifying benefits and tracking delivery.
  
• Evaluate capital expenditure proposals and investment cases using NPV, IRR and payback analysis, and run post-investment reviews.
  

4. Management reporting and executive insight

• Prepare timely, accurate monthly, quarterly and annual performance reports for the Executive Committee and Board.
  
• Turn complex financial data into concise, decision-ready insight, dashboards and presentations.
  
• Provide ad hoc analysis to support strategic decisions, including pricing, product mix, market entry, M&A and restructuring.
  

5. Benchmarking and continuous improvement

• Lead internal and external benchmarking of cost, productivity and profitability against peers and industry standards.
  
• Identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities, and build business cases for action.
  
• Share best practice across plants, business units and subsidiaries.
  

7. Systems, tools and analytics

• Support the implementation, enhancement and integration of FP&A and ERP systems (e.g. SAP BPC/SAC, Oracle EPM/Hyperion, Anaplan).
  
• Drive automation of budgeting, forecasting and reporting processes to improve speed and accuracy.
  
• Champion the use of BI and analytics tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) and maintain strong data governance.
  

8. Risk, sustainability and governance

• Identify, assess and help mitigate financial risks, including FX, inflation, commodity price, interest rate and liquidity risk.
  
• Support sustainability and ESG performance reporting, including integrating ESG metrics into business plans.
  
• Maintain robust controls, documentation and governance across planning and reporting processes.
  

9. People leadership

• Lead, coach and develop the business planning and performance management team.
  
• Set objectives, manage performance and build technical and business-partnering capability.
  
• Foster a culture of accuracy, accountability, curiosity and continuous improvement.
  
• Lead the annual budgeting and business planning process, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.
  

• Review, validate, and consolidate budgets for management approval.
  
• Monitor financial and operational performance, analyze variances, and recommend corrective actions.
  
• Drive cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning, and financial optimization initiatives.
  
• Prepare periodic business performance reports and insights for executive management.
  
• Oversee related-party reporting, transfer pricing, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
  
• Lead benchmarking initiatives to identify performance improvement opportunities.
  
• Support the implementation and enhancement of FP&A systems, reporting tools, and analytics solutions.
  
• Identify and mitigate financial risks while supporting sustainability and performance reporting initiatives.
  

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
  
• MBA, MSc Finance, Economics, Business Analytics, or related discipline is an advantage.
  
• Professional certification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA, CFA, or FP&A Certification.
  
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Business Planning, Corporate Finance, or Performance Management.
  
• Minimum of 5 years in a senior finance or strategic planning role.
  
• Experience in manufacturing, cement, industrial, or FMCG sectors is preferred.
  

Key Competencies

• Budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling.
  
• Financial analysis and business performance management.
  
• Strategic planning and decision support.
  
• Cash flow management and treasury optimization.
  
• Transfer pricing and regulatory compliance.
  
• ERP and FP&A systems (SAP, Oracle, or equivalent).
  
• Data analytics and business intelligence tools.
  
• Strong stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills.
  

• Private Health Insurance
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Training & Development